Our party had encountered a Skull Ripper, one of it's special abilities is Behead. In the start of the round this had happened to a party member and right after this happened the creature was slain. Within that round the cleric would have had the chance to use Breath of Life but it was said that BOL could not be used for that "kind" of damage. Tho the head was right by the body.
Even with such a severe wound (hit point damage) the cleric still had the possibility to heal enough to get past the party members negative Con score.
Thoughts?